[PLUG] mozilla over remote ssh connection opens local firefox window
Kurt Sussman
plug at merlot.com
Thu Jun 2 23:05:21 UTC 2005
Galen Seitz (galens at seitzassoc.com) typed this ...
>
> I'm having problems trying to run mozilla on a remote Solaris 8 machine
> over a forwarded X11 connection. If firefox is already running on my local
> machine and I try to run mozilla on the remote machine, another *local*
> firefox window comes up. Here's the setup and an example:
Running X over an SSH tunnel is painful. What I do is run tinyproxy on
the remote server, then set up a tunnel to the machine running
tinyproxy. The browser runs on your local machine and has access to the
resources on the remote network over a secure connection.
I'm assuming that the remote workstation is behind a firewall or at
least a NAT router. You probably don't want to be a proxy for the world.
> wizard:~$ /usr/dt/bin/mozilla & # THIS OPENS A LOCAL FIREFOX WINDOW.
That's really odd.
> If I were just browsing the Web, this would be fine, but I need to view
> files which are only accessible to the remote machine. What is the
> correct way to do this? I assume this is happening because of my
> home directory automount.
You mean view local files in a browser? Or do you need to run an xterm
for some reason? The proxy trick works great if you want to view the
files in a browser.
--Kurt
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